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Gustavo Kuerten beat Pat Rafter 6-1, 6-3 in the Cincinnati final, 2001 on hard court It was Kuerten’s last Masters title and only one off clay. He’d finished his semi-final with Tim Henman earlier in the day, playing little more than 1 set of that match. Rafter had recently finished runner-up...

Pat Rafter beat Mark Philippoussis 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 in US Open final, 1998 on hard court Rafter was the defending champion and won Canada and Cincinnati in the lead-up to the event. This was the first of Philippoussis’ 2 Slam finals Rafter won 118 points, Philippoussis 85 Rafter...

Pat Rafter beat Greg Rusedski 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in US Open final, 1997 on hard court It was Rafter’s first Slam title and he would go onto defend it the follow year. This was the unseeded Rusedski’s only Slam final Rafter won 127 points, Rusedski 106 Rafter serve-volleyed off serves bar 2...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Pat Rafter 6-4, 7-5, 7-6(6) in the Rome final, 1999 on clay It was Kuerten’s only title at the event and he’d recently won the Monte Carlos title. Rafter would have become world #1 had he won this match Kuerten won 129 points, Rafter 110 Rafter serve-volleyed off almost...

Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Rafter 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7 in the Wimbledon final, 2001 on grass It was Ivanisevic’s only Slam title, his fourth final at the event and he was playing as a wild card. Rafter had been runner-up the previous year as well Ivanisevic won 154 points, Rafter 150 Both...

Andre Agassi beat Pat Rafter 7-5, 7-6(5), 6-3 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1999 on grass Agassi would go onto lose the final to Pete Sampras. The two would meet at the same stage the next two years, with Rafter winning both times. Agassi had recently won the French Open to complete a Career...

Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter 6-7(10), 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final, 2000 on grass It was Sampras’ 7th title, 4th in a row and all time record breaking 13th Slam title. Rafter was playing his first Wimbledon final and would lose again in the final the following year Sampras won 161...

Pat Rafter beat Boris Becker 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in the Wimbledon fourth round, 1999 on grass Rafter would go onto lose in the semi-final to Andre Agassi. This was the last match of Becker’s career Rafter won 98 points, Becker 66 Both players serve-volleyed off all serves Serve...

Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 in the Grand Slam Cup final, 1997 on carpet in Munich, Germany It was Sampras second title at the event and he would go onto win the Year End Championship at the end of the year. Sampras is the only player to win this event more than once and...

Pat Rafter beat Pete Sampras 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 in the Cincinnati final, 1998 on hard court Rafter had recently won the Canadian Open and would go onto win the US Open shortly afterwards, beating Sampras in 5 sets along the way. The two would meet in the following years final also with...

Andre Agassi beat Pat Rafter 6-0, 6-7(2), 6-2 in the Miami semi-final, 2001 on hard court Agassi, recent winner at Australian Open and Indian Wells, would go onto win the title, beating Jan-Michael Gambill in the final. The two had recently played 5 set semi at Australian Open and...

Andre Agassi beat Pat Rafter 7-5, 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 in the Australian Open semi-final, 2001 on hard court Agassi, the defending champion, would go onto retain the title by beating Arnaud Clement in the final Agassi won 161 points, Rafter 140 Rafter serve-volleyed of all but 2 first serves...

Pat Rafter beat Andre Agassi 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in Wimbledon semi-final, 2000 on grass Rafter would go onto lose the final to Pete Sampras. The players had met at the same stage the previous year (Agassi win) and would do so again the following year (Rafter win) Rafter won 162 points...

Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter 7-6(7), 6-3 in the Cincinnati final, 1999 on hard court It was Sampras' 4 title in a row (Queens, Wimbledon and LA), but he would miss the US Open due to injury Sampras won 70 points, Rafter 56 Rafter serve-volleyed off all serves, Sampras all but 4 seconds Serve...